An interactive list of features and reviews to help you pick the right microcontroller for your projects.
The Feather 32u4 Bluefruit LE is our third review in the Feather line from Adafruit. Each board brings its own specialty feature to this low-cost line of dev boards and from its name, it’s pretty easy to figure out what this board has hiding up its sleeve. Bluetooth Low Energy is a protocol most commonly […]
SparkFun’s ESP8266 Thing (as in “Internet of Things”) is an inexpensive board for creating a Wi-Fi enabled electronics project. Designed around the EPS8266 Wi-Fi chip, SparkFun has provided an Arduino add-on and library to simplify programming as well as providing detailed examples for posting data to data.sparkfun.com, their cloud platform for posting sensor data, similar […]
When Intel announced their Curie module, they showed off a 32-bit, low power, Arduino compatible chip with built in Bluetooth Low Energy and a 6-axis IMU, all in a package about the size of a shirt button. This power and size promised great possibilities, especially for wearable applications. The first dev board released carrying a […]
For years, the LilyPad platform has been the board of choice for developing soft circuits and e-textiles. It was designed to be easily sewn onto fabric with conductive thread, and is even washable so you can clean the garments they are attached to. Like many other boards in the Arduino family, the LilyPad has received […]
We lead busy lives, sometimes as makers more than the rest. Hopping from work, home, hackerspaces, and Maker Faires can make keeping your gear together tough. The SparkFun RedStick is an Arduino Uno compatible dev board in the form factor of a USB stick, perfect for developing on-the-go. There are countless boards on the market […]
Adding a display to an embedded project often requires more effort than everything else. Not so with SparkFun’s MicroView, which combines an Arduino-compatible board and OLED display in one small package. SparkFun’s library makes drawing to the display similar to using Processing, with shapes, text, as well as slider and gauge widgets perfect for showing […]
The ESP8266-based Adafruit Feather Huzzah is a great way to connect your embedded project to the internet. The Huzzah comes preinstalled with the NodeMCU Lua environment, but Adafruit provides both board specification and libraries that make it easy to use with the Arduino IDE. The board is part of the Adafruit Feather lineup, so you […]
